They both have the same traits and characteristics, that is, minus the sociopathic behavior and villainous motives. Not to mention the fact that both Bane and Lewis wear protective helmets to keep them from being harmed. In addition, they both see so-called hero (in Bane’s case it’s Batman and in Lewis’ it’s All-American quarterbacks like New England’sTom Brady) not as a savior of the people, but as the enemy…

Tom – Didn’t Mama Brady tell you not to stand on the tracks when a train’s coming through?

…an enemy they want to place in a full-body cast while they stand over their twitching carcass shouting words of disdain and triumph.

…an enemy they want to put on display, in front of their adoring public, for what they really are – nothing but an average man in a funny colored costume.

Most of all, going up against either of them in “battle” is an experience that would cure the worst case of constipation – guaranteed.

I bet you didn’t know Ray Lewis can conjure fire out of thin air. Proper tackling techniques and use of spells go hand-in-hand in the NFL.

In a league where the average career lasts, roughly, around the same amount of time that a plug-in air freshener does, Lewis’ career lasted an astounding 17 seasons – and every single one of those years was spent with the Baltimore Ravens organization, the team that drafted him with pick number 26 out of the University of Miami back in the 1996 NFL Draft.

His career was not without controversy, however, and at one point it looked as if Lewis did have a little streak of alleged villainy inside of him, when an incident outside of a nightclub in host city Atlanta during the week of Baltimore’s aforementioned Super Bowl XXXV win almost cost him his career, his reputation, and even his freedom.

Lewis was apparently in the immediate vicinity, although not directly involved, when two nightclub patrons were alleged stabbed and murdered by members of his entourage. Lewis was, at one point, indicted of the two murder charges himself, but all criminal charges against him were dropped in exchange for testimony against the suspects that were eventually charged with the murders – who, by the way, were acquitted of all charges.

See, linebackers are stereotyped as the NFL’s version of bad guys in the mold of Bane, but that doesn’t mean they’re necessarily bad guys off the field.

I told you… I told you… Ray Lewis and Bane are the same. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plane? Sorry. Couldn’t resist.

If you really think about it, Lewis is more Batman than Bane – a charming, wealthy man who gives back by day, but, when the situation calls for it, he transforms into a cunning, calculated and dangerous opponent against all that stand in the way of truth, justice, and that cylindrically-shaped, brown, leather object (some say made from the skin of a pig) that is worshipped by hundred of millions of rabid Ravens fans during a specific section of the calendar year.

However, instead of a cape, Ray Lewis has been witnessed sporting the number 52 on his back.